Is it true Genesis is out of business?

Vdub, Go to Wal-Mart, (or any other department store), walk up and down the isles, and tell me where everything is made!!
Arnie Nudell WAS Genesis, and was Infinity. Without Arnie, there is no Genesis, just as there is no Infinity right now.(dont tell me any of the stuff they are turning out even remotely resembles the Infinity of A. Nudell)
By the way, the Infinity EMIM and EMIT, (probably the worlds greatest achievement in driver design, were all made in Japan, by Tarnegin. Made in the USA, does not necessarily mean entirely.
I sincerely hope Arnie gets back into speakers, I am not sure anyone can touch him as a designer......Frank

Frank, you've completely missed the point of my comments. I don't have a problem with most foreign-made products, nor do I have a problem with products specifically made in Japan. I have a problem with products made in China, and American companies that put their own countrymen out of work so that they can maximize profits by exploiting cheap Chinese labor. Most Chinese-made products are the fruits of prison and slave labor. Most prisoners in China are political dissidents whose only crime was to espouse democracy. Maybe misguided globalism can assuage your conscience when you're shopping at Wal-Mart, but I'm sure it's slim consolation to the families of students crushed by tanks for protesting for democracy in Tiananman Square. I'm sure that every woman forced to abort her child because of government-imposed limits on procreation may not understand either. For every baby girl murdered in China because only males can inherit family property, I'm sure there's someone here who can blithely ignore the moral implications of these acts just as long as they can get a bath towel or paper clip or socket wrench cheaper at Wal-Mart. As for American manufacturers who put their workers out on the curb and move production to China, I do not purchase their products. I read the tags on every single item I buy, no matter how small or insignificant it may seem, and if it's made in China, I *somehow* manage to do without it. I'm no human-rights crusader, nor am I some leaping liberal. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool conservative and die-hard capitalist, but I believe in responsible capitalism, and most of all, the economic and ethical security of my country. Motorola just dumped 25,000 workers so they could move their production from my home state to China to take advantage of exploited labor. Will my next cellphone be a Motorola as my current one is? Hell no. I have many components from many countries in my various audio systems, but none from China, not only because they're junk, but because the issue is larger than my shopping convenience or my choice of leisure-time activities. I will now yield my soapbox so that you can all take potshots at my unpopular opinions and utter lack of political correctness.

Does anybody know where one can get mid-bass couplers & 8" woofers for the Gen V / 305 etc? Basically, does anyone know who the drivers' original manufacturer is (Vdub: they're not Chinese)???

Parts for Genesis speakers: there is a new adress in California under www.genesisspeakers.com who are able to sell parts for most genesis models.

The idea to assembly some models in china is not bad. I think it is a good idea, but the best idea would be, that there will be a future of Genesis at all.
I live in Germany and own a system II and play it with a wadia 27ix/270. Before I bougt this genesis speaker I tried more or less all other expensive and well known speakers but none of them was as good as the genesis is. And the difference was not only sligtly, the differnece was big!
Here in Germany and in Europe the Genesis speakers have generally a good recommendation in sound and technic. But many people say that the management in business terms was not perfect. For commercial success it is neccassary that the papers like Stereophile and the similar papers here in Europe, that they 'write' about it. And it is the job of the management to get them writing ... The papers don't write 'much' but they are the first source of informations for potential customers. And at the other hand, an item which is not discussed in these papers at all has more or less no chance to success in the market. Here in Germany the Genesis products were not mentioned in theses papers in the last years (in about 1995 to 1998 they were) and as I know, it is quiet similar in USA.
So I think there could be a good chance for a new Genesis if they will be well managed in commercial terms. This does mean affordable prices and it does mean acceptance of market rules.
I had some people of the audio business listening to my Genesis speakers and they generally say that they more or less never heard something with a similar sound performance!